Improved trap for lowering ice



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CHARLEShEGNOR, OF GATSKILL. NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 106,798, dated August 30, 1870.

mnovzn TRAP FOR LOWERING- ICE.

L'hb Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part 0! the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Granules Eosoa, of Catskill,

in theeounty of Greene and State of New York, 'have invented a new and improved Automatic Trap for Lowering Ice, Boxes, &c.; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the a-it to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying dlawing forming part of this Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of my improved automatic trap for ice, boxes, 8w.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same. imilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 4

Thisinvention relates to a new apparatus for conveying goods tothe holds of yessels orto lower stories of buildings, and is more particularly intended for delii'en'ng blocks of ice from tl1e ice-honses to the barges. I

The invention consists in the combination of a hin'ged'tmp with a swinging end piece, the latter 'arvated to be about on thejsame horizontal plane with the hinged end.

The swinging end of the platform A supports a cross-bar D, which is secured by arms I) b, that are pivoted to the sides ofthe platform.

By means of a cord, d, the cross-bar D is also con-v nected with a stationary part of the vessel or structure to which the device is applied.

The way B extends from the ice-house to the barge Eorother structure, and terminates in the platform A, which is the trap for discharging the ice.

The ice sliding down on the way B arrives at -the plat-form and slides to the front end of the same, where it is arrested by the cross-bar 1).

The weight of the ice on the front end of the trap causes the same to swing down, the cross-bar follow ing by its own weight. {Upon arriving at the proper depth the cross-bar is arrested by the string (1, while the trap continues to descend. The ice leaves the trap as soon as it has cleared the cross-bar, as indicated by dotted lines in ffig. 1.

As soon as the icehas left the trap the latter is again carried up by the Pwcight into the horizontal position, ready to receive another block.

The operation is extremely rapid, reliable. and safe, the. ice being fully preserved from injury.

Instead of being pivoted-by arms b the cross-bar may be connected with the platiorm merely by chains or cords, so as to be retained thereon.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentg The hinged weighted platform A, combined with the swinging cross-barD and detaining string d, all arranged to operate substantially as herein shown and described.

OH ARLES EGNOR.

Y Witnesses:

A. MELVIN OsBoax, L. B. CORNELL. 

